>> fox news confirming russia now has 70% of the military forces it would need to launch a full invasion in place as u.s. officials reveal they believe russia could be planning a false flag operation as a pretext to invade. welcome to fox news live, i'm jacqui hinrich. griff: i'm griff jenkins. great to be in the same studio with you. jacqui: it is. griff: and n.a.t.o. is looking at all options, including massive sanctions. kicking it off from kiev,

ukraine, hi, lucas. >> russian forces continue their buildup on ukraine's border and now nearly have all the pieces, as you mentioned, to launch a full-scale invasion should president putin order that. this as secretary of state tony blinken met with his counterpart and para troopers arrived in poland. >> but it does not-- prepare for the alternative. >> our jennifer griffin reports as you said, 70% of rusian forces in a place for an invasion of could cause casualties on both sides not just to the north, but crimea where the invasion would come from if vladimir putin chooses to order it. releasing this video showing joint training between russian

and belarusan forces and tanks and forces. vladimir putin might his chinese counterpart in beijing, a not so subtle message to the west does diplomates boycotted. and the witnesses of ukrainian forces not far from the russian troops and speak to ukraine's defense minister who did not appear worried. >> these ukrainian soldiers are practicing close combat not far from the border of belarus, and russian forces are amassing. >> and imminent invasion doesn't work. >> later this month, return shun forces are expected to launch nuclear weapons training launching unarmed inter-continental ballistic missiles, another show of force from vladimir putin.

griff: lucas, thank you. jacqui: president biden is touting a relatively strong jobs report. 457,000 jobs last month. not everyone is feeling the effects as inflation is continuing to run rampant. >> the white house and the biden administration officials were actually expecting a poor report here so this has come as a pleasant surprise even at the white house. the thought is that the survey would reflect mid january's omicron spike when workers were out sick. that's not the case. 467,000 jobs added, 259,000 were in the leisure, hospitality, bar and restaurant sectors, no americans are out and about once again. here is the president. >> america's job machine is going stronger than ever. a strong recovery and opportunity for hard working women and men across this great country. america is back to work. >> while wages climbed 5.7% in

january they were made null by raising inflation, a burden that the president vowed to get control of. but first america's chaotic departure from afghanistan. the military released details on the attack ott kabul's airport. 13 service members were killed there 170 civilians injured. initially they thought that gunfire was exchanged in addition to an isis-k suicide bomb. >> we know it was one bomber with the use of ball bearingings in there, incredible carnage as a result of this. the bravery, the compassion, the skill that our troops showed in the moment, in a moment when they were losing their comrades and trying to rescue those wounded. >> president biden pledged retaliation for that attack and military officials say they plan to live by the president's words.

jacqui. jacqui: griff. griff: now back to our top story, as fears grow of a possible invasion of ukraine, a member of the house financial services committee, ted bud. thank you for taking time. you may have heard lucas tomlinson's report from kiev, a lot of tension on the ukrainian border. what are your thoughts this morning. >> this never would have occurred under a strong president like president trump. this has gone back to american weakness put on full display by president biden. the report before this which was afghanistan and it really put our-- those that would be against us whether it's china, iran, north carolina, russia, it puts them on notice that america will not step up and that's not who america is. the world needs to know that we're strong not just good for america, but it's good for the re of the world so we need to be strong again and certainly

not going to happen under president biden. griff: congressman, you wrote a letter to secretary of state blinken in recent days. what is it that you're asking of the secretary? >> we need to make sure that we're arming our allies in ukraine, but i'm very concerned about sending troops over there. they're not asking for that. ukraine is asking for material support and certainly something that we need to continue doing. griff: and just as a sort of an assessment of the administration's plan, do we need to be sort of united here in our approach before we cast apersians and what do you think of the plan. >> you're seeing a chaotic plan and mixed messages from the administration, talking terms like minor incursion. there is no minor incursion from one sovereign nation to another. you're seeing things like, first of all, you see under

obama you see ukraine lose crimea and now you see under biden, you're seeing the threat on eastern ukraine. so, again, we need to go back to an america strong where these problems never began, griff, in the first place. so it's really about what biden is doing with regards to weakness, we need to be strong on sanctions and look, you've seen him botch afghanistan. do you really want him in charge? do you want president biden in charge of something infinitely more complex than that? i mean, these challenges go back to probably 354ad between the east and west. this is an ancient issue and i don't think that biden is up to the task to solve it, but we need to make sure to supply our allies. griff: we shall see. we'll turn to the economy at home. jobs reports, 467,000 net new jobs and president biden had this to say at the white house.

>> to our economic progress. i'm proud of the role this administration played in the recovery of the economy. it's a result of a plan on day one when i said it's going to be buy america, i'm delighted to keep it going and expand what we've done. griff: congressman, your reaction? >> well, i would actually go back to the november and the december reports which they've had to revise. so what's going on at the labor department under president biden that makes him have to go back and change their numbers upwardly. now it makes it even more suspect what we're seeing for the january reports, and it's not successful when you take people out of the work force and say it's an improved number. look, we want americans to go back to work, but we have to have more market and labor participation from hard working americans and get rid of the mandates and this would have happened month after month after month good reports under president trump and we saw that

four years straight. and joe biden has one report and media gathered on around him and cheers him on for a week. this is one good week out of 54 weeks in office. griff: and the wages increase 5.7%, but inflation hit 7%. >> inflation is outrunning and people is coming up to me how much easier it is to carry $100 worth of groceries. that's not good news. the wage increase they're getting is not outpacing joe biden's inflation. griff: congressman ted budd, have a great saturday. jacqui: for reactions on the other side of the aisle we're joined by congresswoman from michigan, debbie dingell. >> it's good to be with you. jacqui: i want to turn to the economy, the jobs report is positive, but as most people judge the state of the economy, they judge it by how it's treating their wallets and as griff was mentioning, although

wages are up, a lot of that is being eroded by inflation. so, i'm curious, you know, we just hit a seven-year high on gas prices and do you feel that your voters or constituents feel like things are improving? >> so, look, let's be honest. covid has run over us for two years. during the trump administration and the biden administration, we're all tired of it. we're all grumpy. it impacts everything that we do. it's cost this pall. and we have gone through another surge and we're going to have to figure out going forward, we could get another different variation of this virus, how do we go back to a -- what's our new normal. that's going to be one of the biggest challenges that we face. as omicron lifts, we are beginning to see people have a more positive dealing and the last couple of months things have happened, we have people whose shelves weren't filled

and prices were going up for a variety of reasons and including the fact that so many people were getting omicron and were out of the work force. so, january snapshot, we see things going in the right direction, but inflation is real. anyone who tries to say inflation isn't real-- when i got elected posting milk, eggs, diet coke and i've gone back to doing that, some are going up, some are going down and we ever to go the right direction. do it working together and focus how we're deal with covid. we're sick of it, it's not done with us, whether we're sick of it or not and how do we get to the new normal and how do we keep the economy going in a positive direction. jacqui: it seems that democrats especially are pivoting away from support for lockdowns or keeping kids out of school and keeping the economy running, keeping kids in school a big priority and that could contribute to it, but with gas,

specifically, that's an issue, you know, is a complex one. are you satisfied with the answers that we've heard from the biden administration what they're doing about it. the president called on opec to ramp up production, but gotten nowhere. he's released barrels from the strategic petroleum reserve and didn't make a lasting dent in gas prices. should the biden administration do something new here? >> they need to look at the price. in my hometown, i have a gas station i'm taking a pictures of every week, too, and gas prices have gone down a little in the last week by, you know, a few cents. but it's the right direction. look, we all-- inflation is real and it's hurting every pocket book. i'm feeling it more ways than i want to feel it, but i think na things are going in the right direction and by the way, if they continue to move in the right direction, logistics issues impacting the supply, the world we live in is the law of supply and demand.

supply continues, hopefully will go in the right direction and we need to look at the gas of gasoline and what people are paying. wages are up, costs are up. we have to work together. i am a note taking shots at anybody, i want to work with everybody to get costs down. jacqui: i want to turn to ukraine because it appears more likely than not at this point that putin is is going to do something. what can you share from the latest briefings that's happened on the hill and where do things stand with the sanctions package. there has been talk in congress getting something like that done. the senate has been taking the lead and working on that. we've had an excellent briefing. ranking member-- and i do not want to go to war. i'm very disturbed by all of the reports that we are hearing, what ever we do must

be done with our n.a.t.o. allies, we have to protect ukraine. so, i am someone that does believe we're working very closely with our n.a.t.o. allies and that in the congress we have to work together to protect this country and the world's global order. we are a global rule of law, it's what keeps us going and we all should be worried about what we're seeing there and by the way, i'm not someone not exactly feeling comfortable by putin being in china and those discussions either. jacqui: that's a good point. and we have, you know, just about 30 seconds left, but you mentioned sticking with our allies in our response here. how much is europe's reliance on russian gas limiting the response, this coordinated response to russia's troop buildup? >> you know, i've talked to a number of the ambassadors. we've had briefings. our allies are as concerned and united as we are. there are issues that we cannot

discuss publicly in terms of some of that, things that are happening, but we must-- n.a.t.o. was founded for the security of countries like this and we all have to stay together and i am praying that economic sanctions or things will be strong enough because none of us wants another war, but we need the world to know that we are america and we will do what's right. jacqui: is there, real quick, is there had a concern among your colleagues that putin might not stop at ukraine, might push further to other countries? i mean, we're all-- we're watching the world alliances. i'm as worried right now and i'll be blunt about it, what's china going to do to taiwan, where we have a, you know too much dependence on semiconductor chips and too many other things. we have need to be paying attention to the global world order and what our role is and work with other countries to make sure we are protecting

america. >> great conversation, congresswoman debbie dingell. appreciate you coming on and we've run out of time. hope to see you soon. >> thank you. jacqui: sitting down with much white house security advisor jake sullivan. on media buzz, joining howard kurtz on jeff zucker's resignation and whoopi goldberg's comments on the holocaust. all of that at 11:00 a.m. eastern. griff: tragedy striking in virginia. one killed, four injured including a virginia tech student after shots rang out on an at a bar called melody hookah lounge. police are calling this an active homicide investigation. no word on the extent of the injuries, students nearby reacting to the gunfire. >> we were downtown tonight and

when we first got the first alert, at the 7-eleven here. we contemplated whether we should stay or go, but we figured probably for us to actually stay at the bar until we heard more. griff: the campus was placed on lockdown briefly and lifted just before dawn. police now not releasing any details about suspects or motives or active threats to the community and the victims have not been identified. virginia tech's president tim sands issuing a statement. our condolences go out to the family and friends of the deceased and support of those injured. our community is strong and our strength is derived from our genuine care and concern for another another. the shooting brings back painful memories nearly 15 years ago when virginia tech was the site of the deadliest school shooting in history an undergraduate student killed 32 people and injured 17 others. as to where the current

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>> manhattan district attorney alvin bragg backtracking on progressive policies after facing scathing criticism and new york city mayor adams apologizing for racial slurs to the n.y.p.d. >> as you know, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has been underfire for what critics say are soft on crime policies. while crime in the city continues to rise. look at the numbers, overall crime in new york city was up 38% in january compared to the same month last year. transit crime on the city's subways up 7%, shootings up 32%, car thefts up 93%. on january 3rd d.a. bragg sent out a controversial memo ordering his prosecutors to seek jail time for only the most serious crimes while

pushing lenient policies, armed robbery a misdemeanor. and gun possession would not result in jail time and resisting arrest would not be prosecuted. while under heavy criticism, he released a memo backpedalling, he's issued armed robbery as a felony, and gun cases will also be treated as felony and bragg says resisting arrest will be prosecuted. new york city mayor, eric adams, the second black mayor, campaigned on this. and there was a video making a racist slur on white police officers. and it was taken at a private harlem business alliance meeting. his comment from then, followed by his apology yesterday. >> (bleep) and unbelievable, in the police department.

started as lieutenant, and the captain. >> definitely apologize, inprepare appropriate policies, and shouldn't have been used and someone asked me with a question with that comment and i responded with that comment. >> and they've spoken to him about the video and won't allow the comments to affect their working relationship and they have a lot of work to do obviously. >> clearly. bryan llenas for us. griff: president biden promising to support the police in a meeting with new york city mayor eric adams this week. >> this is not to defund the police, it's to give you the tools, the training, the funding to be partners, to be protectors who want to crack down on the flow of firearms that commit violence. griff: with us joe from the fra

terrible order of police, thank you for taking the time. the president's visit as well as the latest news, the reversal by d.a. bragg that he'll prosecute gun possession and armed robbery. >> well, you know, i'm certainly happy that president biden is acknowledging the historic crime increases and they want to fund the police department. because on the campaign trail he said he wanted to divert the funds away and vp harris also gave to a group with looters and rioters. and life comes at you pretty fast in the washington beltway, folks. what we really want to hear from president biden and from senators and representatives, is that they're going to hold these rogue d.a.'s accountable and demand that they do their job. d.a.'s like alvin bragg who is folding to the pressure that we applied to him to actually enforce the law that he was elected to do. griff: joe, how does president biden do that? i mean, just, to play devil's

advocate, what specifically at the federal level can be done at the state level with d.a.'s like bragg? >> well, you know, i certainly hope that holding the loudest and strongest office in the entire country could hold a little bit of sway with local politicians to put pressure on them, but this is an all hands on deck approach. everyone should be talking about the violence that's going on in our communities and condemning that violence. our urban communities are being disproportionally impacted by the violent crime. they deserve to have safe streets, and unfortunately they don't because local politicians are robbing them of that, no pun intended, because they don't have the spine to stand up to criminals. griff: highlighting what you're talking about, the crime here blocks from where i'm sitting in the d.c. studios, we had a carjacking this week. listen to the sheer terror in this woman's voice. watch. >>, [screaming]

>> joe, when you watch video like that, and then you see d.a. bragg starting to reverse, perhaps, his prosecution priorities, do you think that we're going to get to a better place in a relatively short order? >> you know, that video we just watched is absolutely heartbreaking. listen to those screams, folks. that's the reality for a lot of americans right now. we have 16 american cities last year experience their highest murder rate ever in recorded history and the fbi reported that 2021 was the deadliest year for homicides in 25 years, in d.c. they defunded the police and you're seeing the results of that and deployed violence interrupter whatever the hell that is and the crime area come out in. we can get to handle on violent crime. we need to vehemently prosecute violent criminals and restore the law and broken window

theories, along with funding our police department we can accomplish that goal. griff: and just lastly, in the 30 seconds we have, you talk about support. susan sarandon, a famous actress, retweeting the picture much the n.y.p.d. lining the streets for the police officer's funerals and called it fascism and later apologized for the tweet. the damage that does. >> she needs to apologize to every single fallen family for that. when you're a d-list celebrity that hasn't done anything in 25 years, and it's already to do that on the officer's funeral. and she can control behind her gates and private security. don't worry the men and women who put on a uniform every single day. griff: thanks, joe.

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>> you're looking live at our fox flight team high above texas, part of the rio grande valley ground zero for president biden's border crisis. they're averaging more than a thousand apprehensions there every single day. up 140% in that sector and got some 16,000 known got-aways that see on camera and it comes as more nationals from other countries, venezuela, nicaragua and russia stream freely into the u.s.

william la jeunesse join us from hidalgo. >> hi, griff this is at the port of entry. a bridge a few miles away 40% of those apprehended are returned. where do they end up? at this migrant camp, you see that across the border at renosa. for those you see here, crossing it is a dream and they'll waiting for an opportunity. the single adults, they're going to run because they know they'll be sent back. the others like families, they're going to cross and wait for the border patrol and released and years later they may see a judge, but according to statistics never go back. >> looking for basic and safe human rights to protects him as a worker, period. and then also, this, the future

of his son. as long as we have food to eat and a little bit of shelter, i'm willing to wait to enter the country legally. >> so despite the thousands who are-- rather, that they spend on a smuggler, they're not rich and they depend on the efforts and the goodwill of a lot of u.s. taxpayer supported ngo's and church groups for the food, shelter and transport. now, a lot of people critics say they're partly responsible for the surge they're seeing, basically accused of helping illegal immigrants break the law, but the actual workers say that's not the motivation, but they're actually serving a need. >> there is so much about the rule of law that we are called to follow and implement, right? that's why we have borders, that's why we have law enforcement and at the same time, you can be compassionate and empathetic to someone's suffering. >> so what you see happening

here happens every night near la jolla-- la jolla, joya, right, and we're seeing this up basically crossing the river about 20 feet and then they'll go to the ball field, wait for processing and we saw agents who told us the number of got-aways, and border wise in the succession of president trump, apprehensions were down to a thousand a day and now, they're 6,000. the mpp, remain in mexico, the biden administration acknowledges they're reinstating and carrying out. there's debate how many are you

seeing? >> it's not enforced aggressively not like under president trump where it led to a huge deterrent value and people didn't want to wait in mexico. right now they're not enforcing title 42 and not enforcing mpp, most are being released into the united states who don't go back under 42. so the number of mpp very small. griff: william la jeunesse, at the port of entry in hidalgo, texas. great work. jacqui. jacqui: fox news has learned president putin now has 70% of forces he would need for a full invasion in place. this, as the french president and german chancellor, are headed to moscow and kiev to deter the kremlin from invading ukraine. joining us former ambassador to ukraine, ambassador william taylor. thank you, ambassador, for being with us. appreciate your time. >> thank you, jacqui, glad to be here.

jacqui: you recently told members of commission that you think that putin will blink? what makes you think that? everything he's ramping up, and estimates he could take kiev in as little as three days, what do you think that he won't? >> i think that president putin hasn't decided yet. i think what he's told his military, do everything necessary, do everything that you have to do, if i, president putin, were to tell you to go across that border and they're putting 70%, they'll probably have 100% of the troops necessary to do that, and the russian military is doing exactly what president putin said. that is, they're getting all ready, but he hasn't decided yet, i think. and that's the general understanding, he hasn't decided yet and that means he can still be deterred. and so, that's what we need to do. and so what he will do, i believe, is he will not want to

send his troops across that border. he would like for us to blink. he would like for president zelensky and ukraine to blink or president biden in washington to blink and give him, give president putin what he wants. and what he's after is ukraine. and he would like to have ukraine without that expense, without the cost that is clearly enormous of an invasion. and that cost comes in terms. financial costs of sanctions, but also, the real cost to his army. the russian soldiers will die. ukrainian soldiers will die, ukrainian civilians will die. president putin will be an outcast if he does that. he would not like to pay that cost. he would like to get ukraine without having to pay that and he's waiting for president zelensky and president biden to blink and so far they have not

blinkled. he can be deterred. jacqui: when you say that he want ukraine without having to, you know, basically shed any blood, are you suggesting that you know, ukraine publicly in the scenario gives up on n.a.t.o.? is that what you think he's seeking here? >> i do. i do, jacqui. i think he would like to see president zelensky fold and say, okay, okay, i won't try to join n.a.t.o. or okay, i won't try to join europe. so far president zelensky has not said that he does want to join n.a.t.o., he does want to join europe, he wants to join the european union. he has not blinked and his supporters in ukraine have all made it very clear that they are not eager, they're totally unwilling to go back under the russian thumb. they want to be europeans. they are europeans. they want to be everything that europe has. jacqui: so, if putin does not

invade and, you know, ukraine does not publicly say we've given up on n.a.t.o., what in that case, what would putin have gotten out this have? just being able to test the cracks in n.a.t.o. or something more? >> he will have tried to test the cracks. he would try to-- he will have tried and failed in this scenario to break up n.a.t.o. or break up the strong support to the united states and n.a.t.o. are giving to ukraine. he will have failed at that, but he has also said that he's got some concerns, some security concerns, he's worried, for example, about our b-52 bombers coming too close to his borders. and he's worried that maybe some day we will put missiles in ukraine that will threaten moscow. jacqui: so he's seeking to basically move around arms. >> he's worried that we're moving around arms and we're concerned about his bombers and his military exercises, and his missiles that challenge us. so, there's a deal to be struck

there and that's one thing that he might be able to get out of this, an arms control treaty. jacqui: real quick because we're out of time, but i want a short answer from you, how concerned do we need to be about this partnership between putin and chinese president xi jinping? >> so they're going to be partners if they can, but there's a lot of problems in that relationship. we remember, jacqui, that in 2014 when the russians first invaded ukraine and we took it to the security council, u.n. security council, china abstained and we tried to condemn them. russia vetoed and china abstained. a lot of problems in that relationship. we're out of time. ambassador william taylor thank you for speaking to us. >> thank you, good to be here. griff: coming up, howie kurtz why liberal outlet have ignored major studies that showed that covid lockdowns have been

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>> a virginia judge temporarily putting the brakes on governor glen youngkin's executive order that would have allowed parents to determine whether or not they wanted their kids to wear masks in public schools. the governor is fighting back saying this is the first step of the process and they will appeal the ruling. quote, this is not a pro mask or anti-mask debate, they say, it's about parents knowing what's best for their child's

health. griff: and bombshell news. johns hopkins study, lockdowns and covid deaths. host of fox's media buzz, howie kurtz has the details. >> when the pandemic first struck, most of america shut down. >> we've made the decision to further toughen the guidelines tan blunt the infection now. >> within weeks when president biden tweeted liberate michigan and other democratically run state, the question how long covid should keep businesses and schools closed turned into a political clash. by the summer of 2020 many republicans were critical. >> lockdowns do not prevent infection and the future, they just don't. it comes back, many times comes back. >> i hear people say they'll shut down the country and honestly, i cringe. >> a new study led by johns hopkins business professor said that lockdowns had little

impact. he's a professor, cato fellow and one time advisor to president regan. >> the media coverage has one of the biggest stories and they haven't covered it. >> the analysis shows that lockdown one restriction, closing schools and shutting businesses, a stay at home order or travel ban had little to no effect in u.s. and europe, reducing deaths by 0.2%. that rose when bars and others were closed. and some are criticizing the study which has not been pure reviewed. smoking causes cancer, and the

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now, our viewers suggest seeing a white tiger in chains stalking a desert interspersed with britney in a tiny yellow bikini. what does it mean? we don't know. but i'm among the 39 million instagram viewers who cannot but watch and wonder. i guess you would say i would look at it and click like and say oops, i did it again, but i can't get enough of it. apparently maybe a video showing off she's having a great vacation in hawaii to make her sister mad at her, jamie lynn, the feud of course after that tell-all book, but i do think that it is captivating. what do you make of it. jacqui: you know, this is the part of the show, i take in griff perspectives because you know, he is the expert, the resident expert on all things britney here at fox news. but i'm curious, you know, that video on the beach was filmed by somebody, who is she with in hawaii. griff: we believe that's probably her fiance.

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u.s. are staging a diplomatic boycott over dismal human rights record christina is live in los angeles with the latest, hey christina. >> hi yes. uk candidate and astray are of handful of companies taking part in his diplomatic boycott by not sending dignitaries to winter games over the dismal record the u.s. state department calls the ongoing human rights abuses against uighurs in the providence and genocide. nba start is calling out corporate sponsors backing the games in mid these concerns. >> what you see right now what's happening over there the torture, execution, labor camps, it begins so much of money and business and disgusted. >> and yesterday, this video went viral chinese officials trying to end a live broadcast

of a dutch television reporter at the olympics. was able to finish his report a few minutes later. the international committee call this an unfortunate isolated incident. it still led more criticism of how the chinese government operates right house speaker nancy pelosi warned of the athletes competing in the olympics do not speak out against china. >> do not risk incurring the anger of the chinese government because they are ruthless. i know there is a temptation on the part of some to speak out while they are there. i respect that. but i also worry about what the chinese government might do. to their reputation, to their family. california democrat got swift a backlash for that statement right here's republican senator marsha blackburn. >> this is disgusting to tell our athletes, don't tell us

what you are seeing? just keep your mouth shut. we know there is a lot of hypocrisy when it comes to the un leadership when it comes to the biden administration pelosi's comment. >> and here at home protest are underway in both d.c. and new york over the olympic games, griff. >> just kicking off here in washington. christina : live in los angeles, christina thank you. jacqui: for more on the beijing olympics we have fox's political analyst and democratic strategist david. thank you both are being with us appreciate your time. >> thank you proquest good to be with you. >> speaker pelosi clarified she said look she's not trying to normalize china's brutality. but the athletes need to fear for their safety over there and should not draw the ire of the chinese. but democrats even are criticizing pelosi saying she was in the wrong. david i will go to you first. your thoughts on what she said. >> is a four-time all american

eyed dreams of going to the olympics it was boycotted in 1980. i might have spoken up on the circumstance these are people they have free speech. and they have maximum leverage now because the chinese do not want to be embarrassed by that was not a good scene with the danish reporter. on the other hand we found public shaming does not work so well with china trade the back channels are very effective. of course nancy pelosi might have remembered that. if you think of it she would have gone back channel on those points and not politicize this in such a public way. jacqui: what you mean gone back channel what is been effective about that? >> this administration, remember we are diplomatically boycotting this olympics. there has been a lot of pressure on the issues of human rights. on the issues of trade, on the issues of privacy. we have found over the years the back channels more effective than the front channel. publicly shaming china sometimes does not work.

i am giving you pragmatic real-world diplomatic observations. again these athletes have maximum leverage now. it's hard to tell them not to do something. jacqui: janet what are your thoughts on that way and on this argument we just heard? this criticism china has not responded to really anything they keep doing whatever they what no matter what we say. >> the only response we saw during the period of time is when they're going back and forth for donald trump someone i believe they feared. but nancy pelosi's comments to me is completely and totally indicative of america no longer being there shying city sitting on a hill for freedom loving people everywhere but that is where we are. our democratic leaders like joe biden and nancy pelosi who should not just be speaking out against what is going on in china but they should not be partnering on the olympics with this at all i believe. the truth of the matter is a

lot of these corporations are willing to speak out on issues of black lives matter and another of other issues where it's politically advantageous for them is completely and totally hypocritical on an issue like this where companies like nike for example making a lot of money. yet not using the same they would use on issue right here in the u.s. it is hypocrisy at its worse. and unfortunately these are the leaders we have an american citizens have got to continue to use our voice amplify the message we should not be partnering with china on any of these particular issues concerning what's going on there. >> so what do you think the athletes there should do? do you think they should be free to speak up? >> i think they should. i understand but nancy pelosi is saying. that is why we should have folks in place from our country there with those athletes. they would speak up if they were in american any other country why should it change with china? truth of the matter is we know

china is looking to be the world's head they want to be the world superpower they are doing it as a dictatorship at this particular time. i don't think we should stand for it. that is not our democratic values. and it should not change because we are in another country. jacqui: david what is your thought on that? do you think we should have had a presence accompanying the athletes to be able to put across a stronger message? >> i think that diplomatic boycott makes sense. they are appointed officials and people around these athletes to help them navigate tricky waters pretty hate to see politics cap in the middle of the olympics it did not work in 1980 with the boycott. so let's be real two politics does not need to become a part of the olympics for there's a lot of leverage now china was looking for the world. i could find ways to maximize that leverage for just a little worry that could create a backlash we do not human rights to get worse not better in china. jacqui: i want to move onto

another story that's gaining steam. we got this convoy they're calling themselves freedom truckers the freedom convoy in ottawa. there there practicing public health measures. there some folks in ottawa who are criticizing their presence as an occupation. but there are a lot of people who obviously support their cause. there is a $10 million on go fund me. but gofundme has now frozen a fundraiser saying they want to ensure the funds are going to the intended recipients. how can you look at that and not think that is a political move? gianno your thoughts. >> absolute is political. elon musk poses some tweets from go funny where they have allowed for groups that were raising money who are particularly violent as such they were able to get their money. but these folks, which i am not aware of any data or information which said is been a violent protest i have not seen that even might gofundme

is alleging. it is particular problematic and it also highlights the issue we have with a big tech via social media or these companies that have left-leaning leadership and imposes there will on the users that use their platforms. this is a problem or i think the government has to be taking a deep look as to what is going on. so everyone should be treated equally. jacqui: david your thoughts? rex i agree at section 2:30, 26 years out of date. this is social media means 2022. the truth is the trigger is in violence, hatred, hate speech or is it free speech? it sounds an awful like free speech domain. and so you cannot pick and choose what you want. that is just not fair pay to go to a whole new social media platform. just because it's an anti- mandate message does not mean you have the right to pick and choose. these companies have to grow up regulations have to catch up and get ahead of them. >> not to mention the mandates have not been effective.

the jon hopkins study showed its reduction of point to percent. what's happened with the mandates? what have we seen? domestic violence when i buy 8% 97% of teachers have said their students have had a reduction in their learning. we have had a lot of kids who are falling behind due to mandates that is not been effective per the data. that is the overarching point of view here. >> that is a really interesting study all of that analysis just how little the impact with public health. an impact on the economy. i ask jen psaki at the white house about that last week. her answer to me was a while, we have never been pro- lockdown. our perspective is we want to do things so we can avoid having to do lockdowns. is that a fair statement gianno you shaking your head but david all have you answer. >> the listening problem with

mandates is they create cross cognitive dissidents. they increase rejection. which do work and people should get them by the way. it's very hard with americans being forced into getting something is very tricky waters producing the recent supreme court decision at least at this moment did not support the mandate for vaccines. that was a very open loose mandate. if you could just get to wear a mask and not just get the vaccine. where tricky borders here pretty wish more people get vaccines that would help. jacqui: general and we have run out of time. it's great talking to both of you. appreciate you coming on enjoy the conversation. we have a good rest of your saturday. >> thank you jackie. ♪ ♪. griff: tensions rising as the pentagon warns russia could use something as a pretext to invade. lucas tomlinson is tracking these details from the ground

in ukraine what is the latest? >> good evening, griff. russia's acting to the equivalent of ten u.s. army divisions as a first 2000 and american paratroopers from the d airborne division have touched down in poland. the biden administration is worried russia could begin more operations and could pop up at any time. >> it does not mean it's guaranteed to repeat. but it is in part for people to understand contextually what they are capable of and what tactics they have used in the past. sometimes you do see repetition of that. >> we called germany's invasion of poland 1939 was conducted under false flag operation but keep in mind russian portions and faded georgia in 2008 they is half the number of troops they now have a mass on ukraine's border this evening. our jennifer reports that lunch in place for a full-scale invasion likely to cost thousands of casualties including five -- 25000 korean

troops killed, 4000 russian troops killed or estimated 25 to up to 50000 civilians killed alongside along with making 5 million refugees. russian forces points of a nudge from the north in belarus but from the south if vladimir putin gives the order bring the russian defense minister releasing this a video showing joint training between russia and belarus forces us to be using fighter jeff, tanks, multiple rocket launch systems and assault forces with fox news was given where access to training by the ukrainian forces yesterday in the art of the ambush, sniper fire, battlefield first-aid as well as advanced firefighting techniques. i spoke to ukraine defense minister two hours north of the capitol outside chernobyl and he did not appear worried, griff. >> the city was abandoned during the chernobyl disaster. ukrainian forces using this dense urban terrain to prepare for russian invasion from belarus not far from where we are standing. if russian forces you to invade ukraine are not going

to be using the eurail pass are going to take army personnel carriers like this, those are ukraine forces are training to stop them. >> i am very, very, very sure that ukraine armed forces are ready for the ukrainian people are ready. and keep calm. >> the commanding general of the 82nd airborne division at major general chris and donnie are now on the ground in poland. as you would recall the evacuation of all u.s. forces in americans from afghanistan he was the last american soldier to leave the country. so it appears ukraine forces its people and top leadership are not wearing the pentagon and white house appear very concerned about potential russian invasion tonight, griff. griff: great reporting on the ground. quickly what is the sense? what is it feel like on the ground in their well the amassing base on increasing battalion groups not very far from where you are.

>> that is right as mentioned earlier the equipment of tenuous army divisions we are talking 130,000 troops. it's a good question but it feels rather surreal when you walk the streets ukraine capitol city of course is sitting about 3 million pre-don't see it in people's faces by spoke to a number of people earlier today walking around town and some coffee shops and asked are they worried? they said we have been dealing with this for eight years back in 2014 human russia annex crimea and also went russia took over parts of eastern ukraine. so people just like that ukraine defense secretary said channeling a little bit of churchill he's keep calm and carry on pride that is what we see from the people by that's what we have heard from back home, people in washington are very concerned. griff: lucas tomlinson live on the ground great reporting lucas thank you. jacqui: griff, president biden is praising unexpectedly strong jobs report with the economy adding 46 to 7000 jobs in january. but many americans are still struggling with record

breaking inflation rates. alexandria half his life at the white house with the latest force hey alex. >> the biden ministrations bracing for a port report believe the number of workers out sick last month due to the omicron variant would dry these job numbers down. the labor department revealed half a million jobs were added last month. they are found in leisure and hospitality showing a return to social activity despite the ongoing camp pandemic. physical and emotional way i missed it has been incredibly difficult to bear for so many people. here's the good news. we have the tools to save lives and to keep businesses open and keep schools open. keep workers on the job and sustain this historic economic comeback. >> but inflation remains a historic setback. the wages grew 5.7% in january pray they have been essentially tossed into a vacuum of rising costs here's the present again on that.

>> look, average people are getting clobbered by the cost of everything today. gas prices at the pump are up. we are working to bring them down but they are up. food prices are up. working to bring them down as well. >> present biden must also confront the u.s. chaotic departure from afghanistan once again. details to release the details against the attack at kabul airport 13 u.s. service members were killed at least 170 civilians injured. >> the investigation found no definitive proof that anyone was ever hit or killed by gunfire. either u.s. or afghan. >> officials say the carnage was the result of a single isis case suicide bomber the present had about retaliation and the military said they planned to make good on that, jacky. >> art alexandria hoff at the white house force thank you, griff. griff: russians and ukrainian on our southern border.

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to be eight more citizens are increasingly such as venezuela, nicaragua avett russian crossing over the southern border in recent months. you've been tracking all that from texas on the ground for us. >> well jacqui, see the pictures they know what is happening down here. they are not going to get a visa quickly to enter illegally. so if you are from russia, venezuela, china, nicaragua, you are going to claim political persecution you're likely going to get release. right on the border basically agents are seeing two things where they are single runners and people who are repeat offenders about 25% have been caught before. why the high number? while under title 42 immigrants a return ability to mexico don't hang out a few days and then hit try again. because the economy they're likely to get a job. the trend we see of these large group of venezuelans and nicaraguans that's odd

especially here in the rio grande valley were traditionally its mexicans, guatemalans and et cetera for the question is why? number one both of those countries are near economic collapse. we have allowed diplomatic relations they will not take their people back. so they get released and secondly president biden gave temporary status to venezuelans last year end the speculation is he will extend it to nicaraguans texting both from deportation agent say they feared again. >> they are single adults are going to get detained and most likely sent back under title 42 unless they have some type of protective status like venezuelans and nicaraguans. >> so here's some video from earlier this week that was shot in yuma about 90% of the apprehensions there are not from mexico or mexico but venezuela, brazil, ecuador, haiti that's why found the russians and ukrainians in all of these tickets from amsterdam, and elsewhere,

right? and yuma and rgb agents of both sate the number of got a ways is really being undercounted. we do not have a real good gauge right now of the real illegal immigrant population entering the pop creation entering every day or month a few well parts are two things a very interesting. number one, people we see them coming in by foot, right? truth is they're flying to places like mexico city erie, tijuana, then coming over soap mexico this week did cut off venezuelans by requiring a visa. the second thing is under title 42, that wasn't renewed this week by the cdc. that really is good for the 60 days but because of a crown is going down the fear of agents is that has taken off, all bets are off, back to you. >> great reporting always appreciate your perspective it. it really is interesting point about title 42, thanks william, chris. >> jacqui from on the ongoing crisis center southern border were joined by the mayor of

douglas nichols. thank you for taking time you just heard williams report and featured video from your sector in yuma showing 90% of the migrants illegally crossing into your area are actually not from the traditional mexico of guatemala and honduras. what are you seeing there in the confidence that secretary will do anything about it? >> well, we see this fiscal year that 80 different countries represented in the traffic coming through the emma sector 80 countries were traditionally we do think about mexico. but because title 42 is pretty effective at this point the return just is not worth the trip for this location. the secretary's visit was great. we wanted to make sure he was here at that with every other secretary since i have been an office. so that was important.

i'm genuinely an optimistic person. we talked for an hour, two pages of notes that i had. he listened and commented on everything. he didn't promise to have some action shortly. we know what those things are going to be most of the things happen including a follow-up meeting from the secretary. >> it's very fascinating to me what action specifically did the secretary commit to or tell you he would be willing to do? >> will be looked at primarily was closing up some of the gaps in the wall. one of the primary crossing points directly feeds right into our act into the city that's the point where the majority of people are coming through. there is an order he signed there's paperwork the situations got resolved for the gap right there, to get that gap closed.

that would help our agents tremendously by making sure people are funneled to other locations that are not as direct access. that is the primary when i am looking out to see how quickly we can get that enacted. but you may be making a bit of news there because the administration has said they will not build any more of those former president trump's wall. it will be interesting to see. we talk specifically about the numbers we are seeing in just the first three months of this fiscal year in your sector, and yuma you've got more than 2000% increase just startling numbers there. it is important to member fiscal year 2021 was the largest, highest ever on record with 1.7 million. i want to ask you, if indeed the federal government became a partner, a willing partner with you. which is not what any of the other border folks are seeing, what, other than the gap in the wall, would you like to

see? >> there's definitely more agents, more resources for the agents. really concerned about the health and safety of our agents working so much and being stretched so thin. operating it four times capacity of the facility at times. those are things that are important they are members of our community too. so we always want to make sure we are supporting them. we talked about that. we talked about what is the overall plan? that is part of the issue. not understanding a plan. so they're supposed to be more information coming out on that. however that is balanced with national security. i understand that perspective. we also talked about title 42. i have been asking for months for a plan of what happens with title 42 goes away. how are we going to reposition and how are we going to make sure we are prepared to address the numbers that are going to be coming through at that point. i've not seen that yet. >> if you've been given an answer but what happens after

title 42 goes away? the chief was on the hill this past week pretty briefed behind closed doors a bipartisan group of lawmakers, one of whom told me that ortiz himself is concerned title 42 could go away. >> and no, i have not been given any plans. and potentially rightfully so depending upon what the plan is. whatever is told to me is generally public unfortunately. so everyone, both sides of the board to get to hear that plan and they can adjust. i understand if there's not a public plan but there definitely needs to be a logistical plan for dhs to make sure they are prepared and ready for this. otherwise were going to end up with a worse situation overnights. it will literally be overnight. >> mayor nichols i want to bring the conversation we began with your talking about more than 80 different countries coming into your sector there the number of known got a ways is off the charts right now.

are you concerned? we do have people in your sector from russia, from ukraine but also you are seeing william on our screen and talking to individuals who told us they are from russia and ukraine. interestingly not getting along in their caravan in their trek to america. but are you concerned with what the former border patrol chief, rodney scott, spent sounding the alarm sicknesses no longer a border crisis is a national security crisis. we know we have migrants coming from sierra, from pakistan, are you concerned about the background that you could have perhaps a terrorist coming across your border? >> too that very point, about a month and a half ago there was a terrorist that was here at the yuma sector by our agents from the middle east. he was on the terror watch list. the men and women in green did a great job of identifying and capturing. he was on his way into the

country. points unknown we had no idea where he was going. but ultimately he was trying to mix in with the group. trying to be part of this massive wave and try to get underneath of observation because of the sheer numbers. it is a real thing. unfortunately probably not as apparent for us. ninety some% of the people coming across are looking for a better way of life. there are very few looking to serve our country but as we know unfortunately it just takes a few to have an impact in our country. >> freighting stuff. mayor nicholls thanks for taking time today. please come back soon and update us on what's happening your sector thank you sir. >> thank you graphic. jacqui: knew details emerging on the daring raid to take out the leader of isis in sierra this week. that is coming up next. and take out up to $60,000 or more.

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spent traveling reports on the rising tension. the pentagon warning russia may be planning to create a pretext to just an invasion. senate security advisor and national security council chief of staff. thank you for taking time. i want to get right to your thoughts on the latest tensions on the ukraine border. specifically all of this chatter about the false flag russia may be planning for. >> great to be here. i'm not with the american first policy institute. you know, i am skeptical about this intelligence about this a false flag information. if you saw the state department press conference yesterday, ned price tried to sate this information has been declassified by the administration. but the administration will not show it to the press or to the american people. now i was a cia analyst i've seen lots of intelligence based on bad sources.

i have seen cia paid sources to help the cia what it wants to hear when information is not true. if the administration will not release the information to the press, there is something wrong with it. i am wondering whether this information even exists. >> you mentioned state department spokesman price. he was in the testy exchange with the reporter matt lee and lee was really pressing saying look, why should we believe you now? when we did not get the evidence we were told back during the iraq invasion of weapons of mass destruction. and now you are saying this. do you believe they will actually show what evidence they have? >> it is just amazing. i think we learn from the iraq situation, something is not true because u.s. intelligence says it is. u.s. intelligence can be wrong. it can be horribly wrong as it was with weapons of mass destruction in iraq.

for ned price to simply say this is true because we sadist but we won't show you the report, they will not say where it is frumpy it is a fairly detailed report of actors and being pretend to be ukrainians. too supposedly attack russians or russian forces. if that is true, that media needs to see it and scrutinize it. >> is someone who has been an analyst as you mention for the cia, is it your sense russia could actually pull this off with the crisis actors? this level of sophistication if you will? >> this is something russian might do i do not doubt it. what is interesting about the situation is there's not going to be any surprise for an attack. ukraine is ready for an invasion. it knows were all the troops were. the attack of crimea in 2014 was a surprise. the people of crimea ukrainian government were caught

completely off guard by that. that is not going to happen this time. the ukrainian guard is out. they know something is coming. i don't think they're going to be fooled by a so-called false flag operation. griff: united security council before looking at what and is happening right now in anticipation of what appears to be a likely invasion are you satisfied with the plan so far? >> no. we are sending troops to eastern europe for no reason they're not going to stop russia from invading. look, we have two objectives are the main objectives we have to keep in mind. first, stay out of a war with russia. and stop russia from getting closer to china. i feel for the people of ukraine part i believe in self-determination, respecting people's right to govern themselves. but we cannot be risking war with russia and we are making a real mistake pushing putin. we saw that the beijing olympics that by administration has no concept of this. three are you worried about

this relationship? we had a previous guest is that he didn't think that marriage was going to laugh so to speak there's a lot of problems in that relationship. do you see it as a real threat? >> i think there's problems with the relationship i don't think the chinese like the russians they see them as a junior partner and the russians know that. we are creating a situation where this relationship is getting stronger. russia is sending more gas to china and there's more trade going to russia from china. and we are creating a situation with this very toxic dangerous relationship is blossoming because we are pushing putin in that direction. griff: fred let me change gears and the time we have left raid that is the news the administration and took out a top isis leader hashimi al-qurayshi. >> this is arrayed by forces president biden deserves credit for ordering this raid which was done in a way to

avoid civilian casualties. the administration counterterrorist program is still very weak it's over the horizon program with enough intelligence. i've got to tell you although isis is not what it was when donald trump broke up on the ground it is surging especially in africa and afghanistan. writers are flocking to afghanistan there been huge gains in africa and were not doing anything about it. griff: the awful criticism of the counterterrorism team. if indeed isis is having some success in reconstituting, what shod they be doing that they are not doing as far as you see? >> we need to be training our allies better to counter isis. not just serious anorak but africa. africa will be the staging ground to launch violent terrorist attacks around the world if we let this happen. isis is factoring in its strategy there will occasional beat decapitation strikes like gomez on sierra recently. that is whites look into other regions but i do not think this administration

understands that. griff: fred with the policy incident forgive me as well as a former chief of staff national security council fred, thanks for taking time on saturday but. >> hey griff thanks. jacqui: larger portions of the u.s. seeing really cold temperatures this weekend as snow, ice and rain blanket much of the country meteor i'll just adam has your fox weather forecast hey adam bring. >> hey jacqui. really cold temperatures out that you're saying widespread. lotta spots in the 40s of the coldest spot on the map right currently run the great lakes. 17 degrees in chicago the cold air slipped into portions of the northeast. seventeen in buffalo, 18 in albany. that cold air going to linger through the day today pray that all kind of tracked across the big winter system that you're really just looking at the very back side of that pushes off the east coast. otherwise completely cross the country looking mostly clear but one spot we are paying attention to a little bit of a disturbance in the upper great lakes paid the upper midwest dropping norman that a couple of inches of snow where you

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charles but. >> hi jacqui. those ladies sent a letter to the university raising questions about fairness and arguing that alia thomas who as you mentioned is a transgender woman is seeking championship opportunities away from them. they do however affirm their support for thomas gender affirmation and in their words transition from man to woman. but they go on to say quote biologically alia holds an unfair advantage over competition in the woman's category as evidenced by her breaking rankings and bands from four to 62 is a mailto number one as a female. parents are also voicing their frustration about the situation selling proxies at dig of coal the swimmers were told not to speak to the media after they expressed concerns about competing against a large athlete like thomas. this comes after usa swimming emphasized fairness for gendered females in the new poly which would require transgender athletes to not only provide evidence their prior development as a mail does not give them a

competitive advantage. but also evidence their testosterone levels are below a certain threshold continues to sleep for at least 36 months. this follows new ncaa guidelines that allows sports a national governing body to set its own rules when it comes to transgender athlete participation. even with this though, former usa swimming official said this a policy does not level the playing field. >> it is clearly unfair because testosterone has nothing to do with the advantage that alia has. she's a bigger person, has more lung capacity, bigger heart more fast muscles but basically has all the legacy attributes any mail athletes would bring to the table. >> the new policy is winning some praise with a limit gold medalist who says it's quote outstanding for a biological woman but right now it's unclear if thomas was qualified for multiple event

in the ncaa swimming championship next month in atlanta will be able to compete considering the new rules in place and we are told the ncaa board of governors is reportedly supposed to meet at the end of the month to make a decision on this. no word of what actions will be moving forward. but in the past they have voiced their support for thomas, jacqui break. >> alright charles watson with that story thanks so much charles. griff: jacqui wait to hear about this. an american freestyle resident of the u.s. is now skiing for china at the olympics. we have got the details coming up. you can buy a home with no down payment. and they're holding the line on purchase loans with rates in the twos. already own a home and need cash? with the newday100 loan, you can get up to $60,000 or more and lower your payments $615 a month. no bank, no lender,

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>> beijing winter olympics isn't short of chilling controversy for american born free ski scar choosing to compete for the gold on team china to the public outcry over the chinese government human rights abuses against the uighurs. jacqui this story i want to get to the uighurs but quickly the story of this olympic ski star her name is eileen she was born and bred in san francisco. her mother is from china that is her heritage or it's an american ski community that made her the star that she

is. she is expected to win as many as three goals she crushed it in gold medals at the winter olympics, x games last year. and now she's going to compete for team china it makes me wonder she is 18 years old. maybe she just has not been fully given the context of why so many people are fighting for freedom and hong kong, whites and many people are fighting against human rights abuses against the uighur community the reeducation camps that they have there. maybe she does not fully understand. it is going to be hard to see her standing if she is indeed a gold medalist on that platform for china knowing she's going to come back to victoria's secret sponsorship, red bull sponsorship and attended stanford. jacqui: i would love to hear her reasoning for that decision. it's hard to imagine folks anywhere in the u.s. are not familiar with what is happening in china. if got a protest happening for

the white house right now because of china's treatment of the weaker muslim. putting them into camps, raping them, detaining them, forced labor. all of these terrible things. it breaks your heart to know that sometimes is not a big piece of the narrative. >> with the opening ceremonies china having the chinese uighur setting some sort of message perhaps one of defiance against it's a sign china is trying to react to the protest finally acknowledging it. you can see the winter athlete there at the torch paid by the way there is no giant flaming cauldron which is always a tradition. >> a lot of debate there on that what that message meant. >> that is all for us this hour. fox news a lives continues it

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